“Security and aggression are terms of partisan interpretation.”
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
Quelle: The Roman Revolution (1939), Ch. 7.
Sir Ronald Syme war ein aus Neuseeland stammender Historiker. Bekannt wurde er durch sein Werk The Roman Revolution von 1939. Syme gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Althistoriker des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wikipedia

“Security and aggression are terms of partisan interpretation.”
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
Quelle: The Roman Revolution (1939), Ch. 7.
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
The Roman Revolution ([1939] 2002), ch. 11.
Kontext: The political cant of a country is naturally and always most strongly in evidence on the side of the vested interests. In times of peace and prosperity it commands a wide measure of acquiescence, even of belief. Revolution rends the veil.
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
The Roman Revolution ([1939] 2002), ch. 11.
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
The Roman Revolution ([1939] 2002), Introduction.
“Without a party a statesman is nothing. He sometimes forgets that awkward fact.”
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
Quelle: The Roman Revolution (1939), Ch. 4.
“The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the Commonwealth.”
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
Quelle: The Roman Revolution (1939), Ch. 9.
Ronald Syme buch The Roman Revolution
Introduction: Augustus and History
The Roman Revolution (1939)